Canada Life writes £800m of bulk purchase annuities in Q4 2025

Insurer’s full-year results show its assets under management were over £39bn

Martin Richmond
clock • 2 min read
Canada Life chief executive Emma Watkins: 2025 has been a year of significant strategic progress
Image:

Canada Life chief executive Emma Watkins: 2025 has been a year of significant strategic progress

Canada Life wrote £800m of bulk purchase annuities (BPA) in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to its full-year results.

The insurer's results, published today (16 February), revealed strategic investment and increased market activity in the second half of the year drove its BPA market volumes, with deals ranging fro...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Industry

Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

Professional Pensions: Stories of the week

Commons overturns salary sacrifice protections, TPR guidance on Virgin Media judgment, LifeSight to launch retirement CDC solution

Professional Pensions
clock 27 March 2026 • 1 min read
Investment mandation would have had 'serious consequences' for members

Investment mandation would have had 'serious consequences' for members

Experts suggest trustees will ‘breathe a sigh of relief’ at the House of Lords vote to remove the power

Holly Roach
clock 27 March 2026 • 1 min read
Most think trust in pensions industry is 'too low'

Most think trust in pensions industry is 'too low'

PP survey finds two thirds agree with pensions minister on lack of trust in industry

Jasmine Urquhart
clock 27 March 2026 • 2 min read
Trustpilot